Dust and lint collecting system



S. J. B, WHITED.

DUST AND LINT COLLEC'HNG SYSTEM.

APPucmoN men HJLY I3. 1911.

[336.007. Patented Apr. 6,1920.

WITNESSES I y m ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL JAMES BAWMAN WHITED.

0F SHREVEPORT. LOUISIANA.

DUST AND LINT COLLECTING SYSTEM.

Application flied July To alt whom it may concern:

llc it known that 1, SA .urm. J. B. \Vnrrnn,

acitizen ol' the l nited States, and a resident ol' Shreveport. in theparish of ('addo and State of Louisiana. have made certain new anduseful Improvements in Dust and liint (ollecting Systems. of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dust and lint collectingsystems. and it consists in the combinations. constructions andarrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a system l'or collecting lintwhich will obviate the necessity of much labor in collecting the same,and which will at the same time render the lint more valuable in that itis collected free from (lust and grease.

A further object of my invention is to provide a lint collecting systemfor use primarily with linter machines in cotton seed oil mills, thusdispensing with the necessity of condensers. v

- Other objects and advantages will appear in the followi specificationand the novel features oi the invention will be particularly a pointedout in the a pended claims.

The invention. is il lustratedin the acconr panying drawing forming partof this applioation, in whlchz' Figure 1 is a side view lecting system.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view air regulators, and,

Fig. 4 1s a perspective view of the draft of the lint colregulator.

In carrying out my invention 1 provide a main suction pi e 1 which isprovided with branch ipes 2, ceding;1 to hoods 3. wh h are disposedadjacent to t e linters 4, ano which are designed to, receive the lintfrom the linters.

In Fig. 2 I have shown as being connected with but it is obvious thatany number-might be connected with this pipe without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Each pipe 2 is provided with an air regulator 5, such as that shown inFig. 3. This consists of a slidable plate arranged to cover or uncoveran opening 5* in the pipe 2. in plate 5 maybe moved so asltoregulate-the size ofthenpenin The pipes Qarc also ikroyided-with dra' .tregulators 6. this being the form of 8 damper, having a handle i two ofthe linters the. main pipe 1,

Specification of Letters Patent.

of one of the Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

13, 1917. Serial No. 180.335.

by means of which the draft may be regulated. The pipe 1 communicateswit a suction l'an h, of any suitable type, and this suction tan in turneoinnnniicates by means of a dischar e pipe U with a large dust colltttor llL' 'lhe latter consists of a casing harinp an air tube- .10extending downwardly from the top. and being provided with an openflared end ll)". A. conical shaped battle it! is carried by a crossmember lb. The air entering: the casing, passes downwardly and thenceupwardly through thc pipe 10. the lint and dust passing downwardly. Theair separator communicates by means of a pipe ll with a small collector122. having an outlet 13. The small separator is similar in constructionto the large separator having: a tube 12* and abafiie 12 for causing theair to flow upwardly, while the dust and the lint passes downwardly outthiimgh the bottom of the collector.

from the foregoing description of the .vailious parts of the device theoperation tln cot may be rcadil y understood.

'l he suction or exhaust fan 8 is set in motion. and the lint and dustfrom the linters is drawn through the branch pipe 2, through main pipe 1and through the fan 8, and through the discharge pipe i into the largedust collector l0. and thence passes by means of pipe ll into thc smallcollector l2. 'lhc air regulating device I is for the purpose ofregulating the amount of air required ioreach lintcr. The idea is todraw up the lint or short liber by the suction of the fun. withouttakingulp the motes or hulls. The provision of the small collector whichreceives the lint from the {large dust collcctor eliminates practimtllyall down draft. ll also tends to separate the dust from the lint. sothat when the lint is delivcrcd tluough'the pipe 13 into any suitablereceptacle such as a press or lialer it is in a condition which willbring good prices because ol' the fact that it is clean.

The draft may be regulated by means of the draft regulator 6. so thatthe pro )er air current is supplied to each linter. l he ar rangenientbesides taking off the short fiber currics oil' the small llyiupparticles of lint that herctol'orc have becn almost unbearable toworluucu and also a" loss to the oil mill.

l claim l l. in a dust and,lint collecting system, 8 plurality oflinters, a main suctiewpipean individual branch pinging mt lintercoll" Mthe same wifli fiilhd Ii -cm suction uecting the same with and mumsuction pipet idis harseszaipe leading said, p pe, a clischar pipeleading from and suction pipe, a u collector at and. 0.1, "suction pipe,a wet collector at the end of 15 'Baidgdjflchltrgez ipe, a, t co Jam-1said discharge ipe, c lint collector com- 5 municcting wit scidj i" M-'coll 1 1 municating wit said dust collector and #cdapted torec'eivclint frolnllwer, and adapted to receive lint from the latter,

" eenp-in each of the branchpqms for regumeans in each of said branch pies for ad- Mam the amount of air drawn in through mitting air thereto toregulate t e amount 20 said ranch pipes. of air drawn in from thelinter, .and a g 2. In a dust and lint collecting system, a dampercarried by each of said branch pipes plurality of linters, a mainsuction pipe, an for regulating the draft through the pipe's.

individual branch pipe for each linter con- SAMUEL JAMES MWHAN WHITED

